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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

is my pam_time.so broken or am I using it incorrectly (to restrict http access) ?

The latter I'm afraid.

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Originally Posted by max.b

I've read that PAM can be used to restrict HTTP access for some users

Where did you read that?

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Originally Posted by max.b

I tried to adapt it to limit HTTP access from the console. (..) This doesn't work. I can still use `wget` as non-root from the console.

PAM stacks are tied to system services and applications that involve authentication, require root privileges or need other user management. There's ways to do what you want from using PAM consolehelper to combining the iptables time and owner modules to whatever-modifying cron jobs but some suggestions may not apply. Please describe in detail what you want to do and if this applies to only 'wget' or also related / equivalent tools and if it applies to a single, a group or all users.